Law graduates have always ended up in business, government, journalism and other fields. Law schools could do more to build these subjects into their coursework.

As self-driving cars become more common, there will be a flood of new legal questions.

Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.

Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances.

The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight.

When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the Internet revolution, for all its speculative excesses, really is changing the world.